Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...

But Texas officials are also considering bills that could likely increase the number of people county jail officials must house as they await the resolutions of their cases. And Anderson’s ...

A Senate bill that would create a $1 billion school voucher program is set for an expected heated debate on the Texas House floor after the lower chamber's Committee on Public Education advanced ...

The Texas House Committee on Public Education on Thursday passed a school choice bill for the first time in state history. The committee, chaired by state Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Killeen, passed SB 2 ...

A South Texas man who was arrested four times in the past year on human smuggling charges has been sentenced to prison, U.S. Attorney Nicholas Ganjei said Tuesday.

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas House Committee on Public Education met and approved House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 2 on Thursday – two of the most consequential pieces of legislation this session ...

AUSTIN, Texas — On Thursday, a Texas House committee advanced a pair of bills to create Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) and to increase state funding for public school districts. The committee ...

The bills (House ... for jail advocates, the bills would include jail officials, which would hamper the independent investigation of jail deaths required by the Sandra Bland Act. Texas Jail ...

Anderson died earlier in the year while being held in LaSalle Correctional Facility in Louisiana. Credit: Danielle Villasana for The Texas Tribune ...